Supreme Court of India

State of Maharasiitra v. Natwarlal Damodardas Soni

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Reported as [1980] 2 S.C.R. 340
Bench R.S. Sarkaria J.
Decided 4 December 1979

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we allow this appeal, set aside the acqmt­ tal of the accused, Natwarlal Damodarda$ Soni, and convict him under C Section l:i5(1)(a)&(b).

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

npt affect either the validity of the seizure and further investigation by the CUStoms Authorities or the validity of the trial which followed on the com­ plaint cf the Assistant Collector of Customs. [344 HJ Radhakislzan v. State of U.P. [1963] Supp. 1 S. .R. 408; Shyam Lal Sharma & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh, .I.R. 1972 S. . 886; State of..Kerala etc. v. Alasserry Mohammed etc. .I.R. 1978 S. . 933; W. T. Stone, Warden, 74-1055 v. Lloyd Charles Powell and Charles L. Wolff Jr. Warden, 74-1222 v. David L. Rice (1976) USSC Bulletin, Vol. 2, 4840, referred to. 2. :a) The High Court was

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